Serology using rROP2 antigen in the diagnostic of toxoplasmosis in pregnant women

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo

Miriam De Souza Macre²  Márcio Pires¹  Luciana Regina Meireles²  Sérgio O. Angel¹  Heitor Franco De Andrade Jr.² 

[1] ,USP Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo Laboratório de ProtozoologiaSão Paulo SP ,Brasil

关键词: Toxoplasmosis;    Pregnancy;    Serology;    Recombinant proteins;    Avidity;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0036-46652009000500009

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

Toxoplasma gondii causes severe fetal disease during acute infection in pregnant women, thus demanding early diagnosis for effective treatment and fetus preservation. Fetal tests are inefficient and risky, and diagnosis is based on maternal IgM serology, which had weak screening ability due to increased sensitivity, with alternative IgG avidity tests. Here, we performed ELISA and avidity assays using a recombinant T. gondii antigen, rROP2, in samples from 160 pregnant women screened from a large public hospital who were referred due to positive IgM assays. IgG serology and avidity assays were compared using whole T. gondii extract or rROP2. ELISA IgG detection with rROP2 showed good agreement with assays performed with T. gondii extract, but rROP2 IgG avidity assays were unrelated to whole extract antigen IgG avidity, regardless of the chaotrope used. These data show that avidity maturation is specific to individual antigen prevalence and immune response during infection. ELISA rROP2 IgG assays may be an alternative serological test for the diagnosis of toxoplasmosis during pregnancy, although our data do not support their use in avidity assays.

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